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BALIN'G PRESS. l No..4 2`4,367. Patented Mar. Z5, 1890.

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UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,367, dated March25, 1890n Application filed July 27, 1889. Serial No. 318,810. (Nomodel.)

To all whoml t may concern.-

Beit known that I, JAMES A. SMITH, of Kansas City, `Wyandotte county,Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaling-Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, an d exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

This invention relates to baling-presses; and it consists in certainpeculiarities in the construction, arrangement, and combination of thevarious parts thereof, as will be more fully described, and particularlypointed out in the subjoned claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating myinvention, Figure l is atop planview with the lids of the baling-chambers opened to show theinterior construction of said balingchambers and also the plungersoperating therein, one of said plungers being shown in the position itoccupies in the act of compressing hay, while the other plunger is shownretracted to permit filling of the chamber within which it operates withhay. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the press. Fig. 3 is a front end viewenlarged." Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the clamp which servesto secure the ends of the cables to the stems of the plunger-heads. Fig.5 is a vertical section of the shaft upon which is mounted thedoublegrooved pulleys.

The same letters and figures of reference are used to designate the sameparts in the several views.

The frame of my baling'press is supported by the Wheels i, which aremounted upon the lextremities of the axles zo.

A and A designate baling-chambers, which are located at opposite sidesof the main frame and extend longitudinally'from end to end thereof.These baling-chambers are formed by the side pieces C2 and the verticalblocks C C D D, which are located as shown best in Fig. l. A platform fserves to separate the balingchambers, and upon this platform stands theworkman who charges said baling chambers. For convenience this platformis located a suitable distance below the top of the baling-chambers, asshown in Fig. 3. The baling-chambers are closed at their tops by lids e,to the upper surface of whichl are secured by bolts or rivets rods 2',having their inner extremities bent to form eyes which receive bent endsof vertical rods 2, secured to the sides of the press, whereby said lidsare pivotally connected at 7c lo', Fig. 3. Operating within thesebaling-chambers A A are plungers, which plungers serve to compress thehay into bales and comprise the heads B B and forwardly-extending rodsor stems G G', said rods or stems operating through apertures lO in thecenter of rear walls D and D of the baling-chambers. The plungerheadsare provided with horizontal crosspieces M M', the ends of which operatein longitudinal slots l), eut in the side walls C2 of thebaling-chambers. These cross-pieces M M act both to strengthen andguidethe plunger-heads in their operation, and said plunger-heads are furtherbraced at l Z to their stems G G.

The inner side walls of the baling-chambers extend forward of the frontend of the machine and have secured to them a plate r, provided with acentral perforation, through whichl passes a vertical bolt 20, whichconnects together and supports the casting P. This casting consists of alower circular flange cast integral with the shaft, and an uppercircular flange or cap which fits upon the end of said shaft,the twobeing secured by means of said bolt 20, provided with nut 25., The lowercircular flange and upper circular flange are each respectivelyprovidedwith suitable bolts or rivets passing through apertures l5, by whichthey are secured in position, as is fully shown in Fig. 54. Said castingalso serves as a bearing for a pulley F, theperiphery of which is formedwith double grooves F F the upper of which F receives a cable I, theends of which are secured7 respectively, to the plunger-stems G G at therear of the plunger-heads B B by means of clips O O', while the lowergroove F receives a larger cable Il, which is secured to the forward endof the plungenstems by means of clamps J J. These clamps are formed intwo right-angled sections 8 and 9, which are secured to theplunger-stems by means of bolts el. The sections are so arranged that aspace J is left between them, in which the ends of the cables rest. Thebolts 4, together with screws 5 and 6, serve to tighten these clamps,and thus hold the cables iirmlyin position.

This construc- IOO tion and arrangement of parts causes the plungers tooperate alternately, so that while the hay in one chamber is beingcompressed and the bales formed the other chamber can be charged withhay. It will be obvious, therefore, that the operation of my device iscontinuous and that no time is lost by necessity of charging thechambers with hay after the bale is compressed.

The pulley F is operated by a sweep L, which is bolted or otherwisesuitably secured thereto, the said sweep being shown as consisting oftwo converging arms connected together and braced at s.' It will beobvious, however, that any other suitable means may be substituted forthis sweep without departing from the spirit of -my invention.

The cables H and I are secured to the pulley F and prevented fromslippingthereon by means of clips M and N, respectively.

To permit binding of the bales of hay with wire, Ihave formed the rearwalls C C of the chambers with grooves c c', which extend the entirelength thereof and communicate with slots da', formed, respectively, inthe floor of each of the chambers A A and extending forwardly therein asuitable distance. The rear surfaces of the plunger-heads B B are alsoformed with grooves l) b', respectively, which register with the groovesa d. A complete passage-way is thus formed around three sides of thebale for the purpose stated.

The operation of my press is accomplished in the following manner: Afterthe chamber has received its charge of hay lid e is closed by means ofits hinges 7c. 7a and is secured by means of hasps and staples g g' andh 7L', respectively. The sweep is then revolved, and as one of theplunger-heads is drawn back by the small cable I the other is forcedforward by the large cable H. As soon as the charge of hay is baled andtied the lid of the chamber is then opened and the bale removed, whilethe opposite,baling-chamber is receiving its supply. In this way acharge of hay is baled at each semi-revolution of the sweep. Said sweepdoes not complete a full circle, but silnply makes a semi-revolutiou,and is then reversed, thus operating bot-h plungers.

and retracted, for the purpose set forth, and

means for operating said pulley.

2. In a baling-pres's, the combination, with two baling-chambers andplungers operating therein, of a pulley journaled at the end of thepress and having double grooves, cables l extending from the plungerrods or stems and passing through said grooves in the pulley, the saidcables being respectively secured to 4said plunger rods or stems at therear of the plunger-heads and to the forward extremities of said plungerrods or stems, for the purpose sct forth, and means for operating saidpulley.

3. In a baling-press, two baling-chambers and plungers operatingtherein, in combination with a pulley journaled between said plungers atthe end of the press and having double grooves, cables extending fromthe plunger rods -or stems to said pulley, clamps for securing thecables to the pulley, and means for operating said pulley.

et. In a baling-press, two baling-chambers and plungers operatingtherein, in combination with a pulley journaled at the end of the pressand formed with double grooves, cables H and I, one of which is securedto the plunger rods or stems immediately to the rear of theplunger-heads, and the other secured to the opposite free extremities ofsaid plunger rods or stems, and clamps for securing said cables to thepulley.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. SMITH. Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, A. A. HIenoN.

